Rocker "Sek Loso" is back in the bad books with his estranged wife Wiphakorn "Kan" Sukpimai, days after she admitted she still loves him and no longer wants a divorce.
Sek Loso and inset, Wiphakorn ‘Kan’ Sukpimai.
Kan took to Instagram late last week after Sek failed to show up for an appointment in court to discuss their dispute.
Since his wife left him, Sek has taken to posting pictures of himself with young women and boasts about how much he enjoys life as a single man.
Earlier this month he asked for a little palm-reading advice. "Anyone who can read palms, please read mine and tell me when I’ll end up with 200 wives? I can start looking for an auspicious date for a mass wedding," he said.
Kan’s initial response was light-hearted, with reporters noting she had softened her earlier stance in favour of ending their stormy marriage.
"What’s the big thing with you today? So many announcements. Control your wives, can’t you. Don’t make me too angry, or I will have to send a ghost to haunt you. I have a husband, and I love him very much. I am not getting a divorce. OK?" she wrote.
However, Kan’s mood soured within days, after Sek, who spent time in rehab almost three years ago for a hard drugs habit, failed to turn up for an appointment in court to discuss their marital woes.
Kan fell back on her tactic of old, posting a lengthy diatribe on social media in which she criticises her husband’s "cowardly" conduct and claims he is back on the drugs again.
Kan left the family home with their three children in October amid claims, later confirmed by Sek, that he had beaten her. Police are investigating.
"He’s trying to provoke me any way he can. He hasn’t seen us since I left. Our hotel is only 20 minutes away from home," Kan wrote.
"When he’s hallucinating, he’ll spin an image for himself on Facebook, saying how much he misses us, but it’s not true. Not only that, he hasn’t sent us any financial support," she wrote.
"The house he occupies is our house. He invites cheats and scoundrels to stay with him, but won’t let his own family in. We have to find a new place, and I have to raise the kids myself.
"He wouldn’t let us collect our belongings, so we have had to buy everything anew. He also has the family car, which he refuses to hand over.
"As far as the drugs are concerned, if you love someone, would you let him turn peculiar [under the influence of drugs]? I have to try everything I can to make him quit!"
Sek has yet to respond to Kan’s latest remarks.
Anan ‘Uan Return’ Semathong and inset, Permsak ‘Mor Yong’ Eamjamrat.
Let's call the whole thing off
Socialite businessman Anan "Uan Return" Semathong says negative reaction to news of his pending gay wedding is partly to blame for the couple’s decision to call the arrangement off.
A tearful Uan and his partner, businessman Permsak "Mor Yong" Eamjamrat went before the media last week to apologise for having to call off their wedding. They were planning to tie the knot next Sunday.
Media reports say Mor Yong, heir to the Central Pattaya Garden hotel, offered Uan Return a marriage dowry worth 40 million baht.
His family also gave him 100 rai of land in Chanthaburi province, a rowhouse in Sa Kaeo province and a city apartment as pre-wedding gifts, though there appear to be no bad feelings. Mor Yong’s father accompanied them as they spoke to reporters last week to lend the couple moral support.
Uan Return said he and his partner were not ready for the big day. Personal issues which he would not divulge also played a part in their decision, along with negative reaction to their news that they intended to wed.
"We are still together … we have just called the wedding off. It has nothing to do with the division of interests or assets, and we have no plans to get married at a later date. We are both under pressure from people around us and society at large.
"Can I say to those who had planned to come to our wedding that we are prepared to press on, seeking society’s understanding for same-sex love. These days, there's nothing strange about it," he said.
"We probably won’t register the marriage overseas, as plenty of couples who do that only end up breaking up."
Mor Yong, who comforted his grief-stricken mate, said the couple had spent three happy years together.
"The place we want for the wedding is not ready," he said. "Some of the senior people we wanted to join the wedding, we have yet to invite. Uan’s outfit isn’t yet to his liking. My work is busy.
"At the moment it’s as if we have placed too much store by the wedding, and if we do not go ahead, it’s like we have lied to the people."
Anusorn ‘Yong Armchair’ Maneethet.
Ploy saddened by nasty posts
Actor/singer Anusorn "Yong Armchair" Maneethet has quit Twitter and is urging fans to contact him by snail mail instead after an ill-timed comment on the social medium blew up in his face.
Yong earlier this month apologised to mercurial actress Chermarn "Ploy" Boonyasak after he tweeted a comment which appeared to criticise a teary post she had left on Instagram shortly before.
Ploy posted a picture of herself crying and bemoaning her poor public image.
"Ever since I entered the industry at the age of 11, I have met only obstacles. I am now 32, and am not acting these tears; they are the real thing. No one has ever spotted my real value," she wrote.
"I have never held myself out as particularly clever. In fact I never thought this profession which I love would bring me this far. I also understand that everything moves in cycles … but I am sad that every time I Google my name, I have to encounter the nasty words people say.
"In truth, many people have probably forgotten what it was all about. Are they really that interested? My life seems dismal, with few rewards," she said, adding she would press on with her career regardless.
Hot-tempered Ploy has a history of bad press for losing her temper with reporters, and putting on star turns to draw attention. Two years ago she was in trouble for allegedly dodging her taxes.
Yong tweeted a message shortly after saying: "What kind of person takes a picture of herself crying and posts it on social media?"
As Ploy’s fans rounded on him for criticising the actress, Yong insisted he was not referring to Ploy in particular. They just happened to post on social media at the same time.
Adding to Yong’s discomfort, Ploy’s manager promptly retorted: "What kind of man is bold enough to ask such a question to criticise someone else?"
Stung by the reaction, Yong paid a personal visit to the actress to apologise.
"I wasn’t criticising her, and in fact was worried I had hurt her feelings," he said later.
"I am just a little mystified … it’s as if on social media, we can post almost automatically as the feeling or mood takes us, even when we are crying," he said.
"I have now quit using Twitter, because I think it enables us to receive and send messages almost too quickly.
"We stop considering anything carefully. I am now asking my fans to go back to using the old ways and writing me a letter instead."
On the internet, fans are sorry Yong had to go through the ordeal.
"It’s a naked grab for attention. If we are really unhappy, we are in no mood to pick up a camera, turn to the thing so we can see the tears, then snap away. That’s not to mention the time involved in publishing it on social media," one Ploy critic said.
